The Edmonton Folk Music Festival Society
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 128941226RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,635,715) as filed with the CRA.
The Edmonton Folk Music Festival Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending January 31, 2024, it reported $7M in revenue and $6.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 16% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $165K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $27K in 2024, the largest being $14K to Edmonton Community Foundation.
In its own words
The Edmonton Folk Music Festival is a four day festival of music held each year in early August in Edmonton’s scenic river valley. This annual event has been in operation since 1980 and is committed to being accessible for all members of the community and to excellence in programming. Seniors (80+) and Children are admitted at no charge while Youth Young Adults and Seniors all have discounted pass prices. An additional 2500 tickets are distributed to local Social Service Agencies and community members at no charge. Our event prides itself on being community driven and we are supported b…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7M | $6.6M | $4.9M | $115K | $74K | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $6.9M | $6.1M | $4.5M | $111K | $32K | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $580K | $24K | $8,613 | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $573K | $19K | $1,000 | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $5.7M | $5.6M | $4.4M | $37K | $29K | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $27K to 5 qualified donees:
- Edmonton Community Foundation$14K
- Regina Folk Festival Inc.$5,000
- Arts On the Ave Edmonton Society$4,618
- Ckua Radio Foundation$2,000
- The First Alberta Campus Radio Association$1,000
Received $165K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$914K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Edmonton Folk Music Festival Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 128941226RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.